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Saturday, June 22, 2013

When was my last post? August 13,2012 and that was not even my original post but a shared one! That doesn't sound good!

Lots of things have happened in my life and I had many ideas for posts on my blog but unfortunately I'm a master procrastinator.

Few things I wanted to post but didn't were about my return to India, family trip to an amazing waterfalls around our city, my first trip to Chennai, how traffic police in our city (Hyderabad) keep stopping me, Japanese and Korean language learning, my trip to Hong Kong in march, which was quite sudden and unexpected and my second trip to Chennai and many more. I still hope to somehow, one day, write about them.

However, for now, I just wanted to let out a sudden thought I had about how there are "3 kinds of (urban) Indians".

Disclaimer: Following might sound as if I'm judging people, I probably am, but I just wanted to write what I feel and what I opine about Indians. I do not mean to specifically offend people, so if I did, I'm sorry about that. Please feel free to comment on this post. Thank you.

I think the first kind are the ones who read "Times of India" (TOI) newspaper and enjoy probably (or for sure) books written by authors are like Chetan Bhagat and Preeti Shenoy. I actually, just yesterday, finished reading Preeti Shenoy's "Tea for Two and a Piece of Cake". I liked it.

TOI's reply to The Hindu's ad campaign during the ad war which seems to have happened somewhere around early 2012. (I was still living in Toronto, Canada, otherwise I would have enjoyed this ad war)

The second kind of Indians are the ones who read "The Hindu" newspaper. Who enjoy reading editorials and OP-EDs, and also talking about intellectual stuff and may be browsing websites like quora (do check this website if you haven't yet, it's amazing!). This kind of Indians might not get along that well with the first kind, but again we just can't stereotype.

The Hindu's ad campaign obviously against the TOI.

The third kind are simply the ones who just don't read any of these newspapers!

What kind of an Indian am I? I actually used to read TOI more than ten years ago and used to enjoy reading it, we used to get Hindu too but I haven't got myself to read it, although my father tried to encourage us. Lately, I enjoy (probably a wrong usage) prefer reading Hindu than TOI. In fact, I don't read TOI anymore.
One of the first books I read is "Five Point Someone" by Chetain Bhagat, some five years ago. I really enjoyed that book but I don't really admire him anymore.

So, I'm not sure where do I fall in the kinds of Indians I mentioned above!

Enjoy watching this video, which is related to my thoughts on TOI vs The Hindi!

Monday, August 13, 2012

People who know me personally, clearly know that I have to fix my self discipline of life. (This line might irk some people who are looking to hire me for work). I have been reading a lot of self help books and posts in internet. Unfortunately, I couldn't fix myself much yet, thanks to the distractions on the internet. I am still working on it and would work until I get myself fixed.

I came across this great post today on "What's Hot" of Google+ (which is, by the way, a great service by Google which, in my opinion, probably is filled with smartest people on the planet!) and I think it is a must to check.

I myself might not follow all the tips (one tip even says, not to eat for 24 hours, I am not kidding) provided in this post but still they are great tips for a near-perfect way of living our daily life. I hope you like it and benefit from it.

You can find 'Luther Cale' in Google+ I am looking forward to check more about him and his posts and related work.

The post written below this image is completely written by Luther Cale on his Google+.

If you receive any benefit from this post, please consider sharing. There are others out there that could benefit also.We have concluded our G+ Exclusive Series: 33 Ways to Reboot Your Life.Here is a summary of all 33 items with links to each with further resources, ideas, and ways to get started. If you would like to receive further Reboot resources, including the free reportThe One Thing You Need to Do to Reboot Your Life and two mind maps with the critical factors for longevity and happiness, sign up for my newsletter at www.luthercale.com.We're just getting started! 33 WAYS TO REBOOT YOUR LIFE: 0. Mindset goo.gl/JVLV81. Start your day with this tonic goo.gl/Npg6o2. Establish a morning routine goo.gl/dPZTF3. Start Your Day with this Real Food Smoothie goo.gl/6VqaE4. Sell All Your Crap goo.gl/tv7yH5. Make a List of Your Top 5 Values in Life. Eliminate anything and anyone that no longer serves your top values. goo.gl/AeNyx6. Quit Your Job If You Don't Like It goo.gl/Hhw2r7. Do a Vipassana Meditation Retreat goo.gl/g2pzl8. Start a side business on the Internet. goo.gl/NRrOc9. Eliminate wheat from your diet for two weeks and see what happens.goo.gl/zJ0py10. Spend 5 minutes in the morning writing down things that you have accomplished in your life that you are proud of. goo.gl/vl1mK11. Spend 5 minutes in the evening writing down things you are grateful for.goo.gl/ABueA12. Walk with a friend for 30 minutes every day. goo.gl/24QeY13. Plan your upcoming week on Sunday at 5 P.M. http://goo.gl/r4F0414. Plan your next day at 5 P.M. http://goo.gl/SV93O15. Start doing yoga, qigong, or tai chi, preferably with an instructor.http://goo.gl/v8twQ16. Think like an alien ... about your life. goo.gl/X2Lkt17. Go on a retreat in nature by yourself. No technology. goo.gl/P00Lu18. Study the life & teachings of someone who has already accomplished what you wish to accomplish. http://goo.gl/NYX8L19. Stop watching TV and reading news for 30 days. goo.gl/CQTf520. Stop gossiping and wasting time on stupid shit. goo.gl/9t5ns21. Write down three big dreams for your life and share them publicly. http://goo.gl/YjdJJ22. Learn to have full-body orgasms. http://goo.gl/AknXj23. Visit an energy healer. http://goo.gl/eq84524. Volunteer to do something with kids in your neighborhood. goo.gl/v1dAr25. Do this writing exercise every morning. http://goo.gl/unNOH26. Start a mastermind - the simple way. http://goo.gl/CVycl27. Stop eating for the next 24 hours. Repeat weekly. http://goo.gl/DZh7V28. Eat only real food for 30 days. http://goo.gl/Bu9TZ29. Clean out your crap - with a series of colonics. http://goo.gl/KwEAA30. Go through the Ro-Hun Purification process. http://goo.gl/iC73G31. Learn the Inner Sanctuary Meditation technique. http://goo.gl/m4FGx32. Read Do the Work. http://goo.gl/XbsXJ33. Give away 5-10% of your income off the top. http://goo.gl/5gwabAnd two open questions:1. What is the #1 obstacle for you right now to living the life that you really want? goo.gl/imOQB2. What do you hope for in this life both for yourself and for humanity as a whole? goo.gl/MPQRHAlright, that's it. Hope this has been helpful for you. It's been a lot of fun bringing it to you ... I look forward to what is next.Luther

Please welcome me back! Yes that's right welcome me back as I want to resume blogging, if blogging is posting our views on the internet, then in fact I never stopped blogging as I was posting my opinions on Google+! But, I will resume it on my blog here. (my last blog post seems to be more than a year ago).

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

am I retarded if I believe, feel or say that this world has an immense social and economic inequality? Everyone knows this, but seeing it every day here through living in an extremely developed place (Canada) I'm unable to take it anymore. I always believed and believe even now that we are linked to each other in this world, if one suffers and one lives in excess luxury, I believe they both are linked too. Is there a justification to this? Isn't all of the world a single 'world'? or should we say to ourselves, like in Hindu religion they say "People suffer because they might have done something in their previous life and it is their karma".